Kulibayev named Samruk-Kazyna head
(SRI) – Timur Kulibayev, the billionaire son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, has on Tuesday been named head of the state-owned investment and holding company Samruk-Kazyna.

Most ministers keep jobs amid reshuffle
(SRI) – Most of Kazakhstan’s cabinet ministers including Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev have kept their positions, as Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced the forming of a new government on Tuesday.

Statoil, KazMunaiGas sign cooperation agreement
(SRI) – Norwegian state-owned oil giant Statoil signed a cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas (KMG) on March 16 to jointly develop the Abay exploration block in the Caspian Sea, KMG said in a statement.

Training day in Kazakhstan
(bne) – While the bulk of national rail operator Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (KTZ) profits are from its freight services, the company’s multi-billion-dollar investment programme, to be partly funded by borrowing and asset sales, is concentrating on improving passenger services.

Economy trumps democracy ahead of Kazakh vote
(Reuters) – Having set the pace among the post-Soviet economies of Central Asia, Kazakhstan’s president may need to twin further growth with some political reforms to emulate the route to prosperity of developed Asian economies.

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